Jocelyn E. Strauber, former co-head of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York’s Terrorism & International Narcotics Unit, is joining Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Strauber will join the firm’s White Collar Crime Group in its New York office where she will work on civil and criminal cases, the firm said in a news release.

She has been involved in the prosecution of Times Square bomber Faisal Shazad as well as of Mansour Arabsiar in connection with an attempt to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, in addition to a number of other national security cases.

Strauber was in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York for eight years, previously she worked as an assistant in the Criminal Division.

“Jocelyn Strauber is a superb lawyer who has handled high-stakes matters throughout her career,” said David M. Zornow, global head of Skadden’s Litigation/Controversy practices in the news release.

Strauber received her law degree from the Duke University School of Law and graduated from Brown University.